Awards & Winners

Sting

Date of Birth 02-October-1951
Place of Birth Wallsend
(United Kingdom, Tyne and Wear)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Gordon Sumner, Gordon Matthew Sumner, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE
Profession Musician, Record producer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Teacher, Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Film Score Composer
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE, better known by the stage name Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. He is best known as the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the pioneering new wave rock band The Police and for his influential subsequent solo career. Sting has varied his musical style, incorporating distinct elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, New Age, and worldbeat into his music. As a solo musician and member of the Police, Sting has received 16 Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1980, three Brit Awards – winning Best British Male in 1994, a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, and several Oscar nominations for Best Original Song. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 2001. Including his years with The Police, Sting has sold over 100 million records worldwide. In the UK, he has been awarded seven Platinum album certifications, three Gold and a Silver, and in the US, nine Platinum and three Gold certifications. In 2006, Paste magazine ranked him 62nd on their list of the "100 Best Living Songwriters". He was ranked 63rd on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Rock", and 80th on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Musical Stars of 20th Century". Sting has also collaborated with other musicians, including the duet "Rise & Fall" with Craig David and the number one hit "All for Love", with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart.

Awards by Sting

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sting.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Music Award for World’s Best Male Artist
World Music Award for World’s Best Album The Last Ship
World Music Award for World’s Best Entertainer of the Year
World Music Award for World’s Best Live Act

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Always on Your Side

2004


World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
Honored for : Cold Mountain
(For the song You Will Be My Ain True Love.)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film Cold Mountain
For the song \"You Will Be My Ain True Love\".
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song You Will Be My Ain True Love
from Cold Mountain
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Cold Mountain
For the song \"You Will Be My Ain True Love\".
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media You Will Be My Ain True Love
From the Cold Mountain Soundtrack

2003


Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Honored for : Whenever I Say Your Name
(Artist)
Billboard Music Century Award

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Send Your Love
Academy Award for Best Original Song You Will Be My Ain True Love
Cold Mountain
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Whenever I Say Your Name

2002


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Until...
(from Kate & Leopold)
Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program
Honored for : Sting: All This Time

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Fragile (live)
Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program Sting: All This Time
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Until...
from Kate & Leopold

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song Until...
from Kate and Leopold
Satellite Award for Best Original Song My Funny Friend and Me
in The Emperor's New Groove
Academy Award for Best Original Song Until...
Kate & Leopold
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song My Funny Friend and Me
from The Emperor's New Groove
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media My Funny Friend and Me

2000


Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song
Honored for : My Funny Friend and Me
(from From The Emperor's New Groove)

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
Echo Award for Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist Brand New Day
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song My Funny Friend and Me
from The Emperor's New Groove
Academy Award for Best Original Song My Funny Friend and Me
The Emperor's New Groove
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)

1999


Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Honored for : Brand New Day
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Brand New Day

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song The Mighty
from The Mighty
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Brand New Day
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Brand New Day

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance You Were Meant for Me

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
Academy of Country Music Vocal Event of the Year I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying (feat. Sting)
Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying (feat. Sting)

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Echo Award for Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals The Wind Cries Mary
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Mercury Falling (bonus disc)

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance When We Dance

1994


Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie All for Love
from The Three Musketeers
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals All for Love
Brit Award for British Video Shape of My Heart

1993


Grammy Award for Best Music Film
Honored for : Sting: Ten Summoners Tales
(Video producer, Video director, Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
(Artist)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Record of the Year If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Ten Summoner's Tales
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Billboard Music Award for Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie It's Probably Me
from Lethal Weapon 3
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
1994 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Demolition Man
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Art Director: Mike Grant
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Director of Photography: Ivan Bartos
Grammy Award for Best Music Film Sting: Ten Summoners Tales
1994 Best Long Form Music Video

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Echo Award for Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media It's Probably Me

1991


Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
Honored for : The Soul Cages

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song The Soul Cages

1988


MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : We'll Be Together
(Director of Photography: Bill Pope)
Brit Award for British Album of the Year
Honored for : ...Nothing Like the Sun

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year ...Nothing Like the Sun
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Be Still My Beating Heart
Brit Award for British Album of the Year ...Nothing Like the Sun
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Be Still My Beating Heart
MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography We'll Be Together
Choreographer: Barry Lather
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography We'll Be Together
Director of Photography: Bill Pope

1987


Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Bring On the Night

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Bring On the Night

1986


Grammy Award for Best Music Film
Honored for : Bring on the Night
(artist, video producer)

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Grammy Award for Best Music Film Bring on the Night
Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Money for Nothing
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance The Dream of the Blue Turtles

1983


Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Honored for : Brimstone & Treacle
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Honored for : Every Breath You Take: The Singles, Every Breath You Take
(songwriter)

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Every Breath You Take
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance Brimstone & Treacle